LuciferVermillion
The sadist & madman
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2020
- Messages
- 111
- Points
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Hello, the madman here. Went silent for a few months and now I pop back, always bringing back a better quality of my story.
I always find myself having a hard time to fish your eyeballs.
I noticed a few things whenever a new author pops up and they needed feedback. Readers in SH always requested for a proper:
1. Title
2. Genre
3. Synopsis
4. Chapter Numbering & Title
5. Paragraphs, not in a cluster of words, not info-dumps.
6. Contents in the first three chapters, or less
7. Updates? Do you guys prefer daily updates, three times a week or once a week?
Does this means if you get past these, your story is good to go?
Not really. This is just the beginning. Because you would run out of ideas yet you still want to write, thus destroying a good book.
So as a writer, what should you look out for?
1. Your goal.
- What do you want to write and why did you write?
- What do you want to bring out?
2. Your start.
- Plot. Hey I have a great idea, how about I go this this this?
- Make a long-term draft. Like where you want to start and how does your story ends. Works great on arc.
- Chapter draft. What do I want to bring out in this chapter?
3. Edit.
- Hmm, looks wordy, maybe I will just slice this away.
- Hmm, this part looks stupid, maybe I need to make it more logical.
4. Proofread.
- Logic checks.
- Spelling and grammar. (Whether your English is your first language, learn how to spell properly. English is my 2nd language, and I know how to speak 5 language. Don't make excuses.)
- Tense Consistency.
- Structural edits.
5. Collect feedback.
- The harshest feedback always come from your readers. As an author, don't just scold them and prove you are right. Read, listen. Because if the only person who knows how to appreciate your own work is yourself, then you are a failure as an author.
- Understanding where you sucked. Find your weakness.
6. Rewrite and edit after gathering feedback.
7. Repeat step 1 till 6.
8. So when are you good to go?
- 5 stars? Nah.
- Oh this is good I like it? Nah.
9. You are good to go when you saw this.
- When are you going to release the new chapter?
- Next chapter when?
- More!!!
Before shameless promoting my work, I think I will talk about my story type.
What I wrote is more to an Original English Light Novel (OELN).
Yes, so what does this contain?
1. Dialogue-Heave Prose. Which means 60~70% are dialogues.
2. The 'Hooks' in every chapter. I had to put something in to make you think, 'Why?'.
3. Simple vocabulary. If I wrote like an engineer's guide to fry a meat, you would probably report me.
4. The Character and his personality. Who the heck wants an overpowered character? That's boring.
5. Illustration. I do my own design. But, I'm honestly not suited to be an illustrator, even though I know how to illustrate. I don't have any ideas how does my character look like and my characters don't look cute, pretty, or handsome.
6. World Building. Ahhhhh, the thing that I was obsessed with. I wanted everything, but it would be a chaos. Yet I would still do my best.
7. Unique Selling Point: Fantasy and Sci-fi. A rare combination, but I don't have something convenient called truth serum.
8. Total word count: One chapter have at least 1.5k~2k. One arc has 70k. And I currently have 4 arcs, which is quite surprising, and still not 10% of my work.
So what makes me write this story?
- Something about a kid who wanted to see the world. I want to understand why the world is like this.
- Realising that the world has many fun things.
- Realising that the world has many sad things.
- Such is life.
So why do you want to write a story?
-Money
-I'm better than the rest of you
- Hobby
-I need a better reason
What is my story about?
- Fate
Updates? You always disappear and go hiatus. Then keep popping back to say I'm doing better than last time!
- I think I nailed it this time.
- This is the last time. I'm tired.
- Fine, just let me schedule it.
Here's my reflection after writing for so long:
I always find myself looking back to the previous story and rewrite them, just to realise that my story is still going around in circles. Gotten tired. It's time to make some progress.
So regardless it's good or bad, this will be the last time I would do a big rewrite. I will still make edits if you still manage to find some grammar mistakes, which I believed, I still have 'em.
As usual, I need and appreciate your feedback. If I suck then I would need to gohiatus again. Except if:
- Synopsis
- Chapter number
- Chapter title
Not good.
https://www.scribblehub.com/series/211234/the-impossible-fate-that-leads-to-a-god-of-a-new-world/
I always find myself having a hard time to fish your eyeballs.
I noticed a few things whenever a new author pops up and they needed feedback. Readers in SH always requested for a proper:
1. Title
2. Genre
3. Synopsis
4. Chapter Numbering & Title
5. Paragraphs, not in a cluster of words, not info-dumps.
6. Contents in the first three chapters, or less
7. Updates? Do you guys prefer daily updates, three times a week or once a week?
Does this means if you get past these, your story is good to go?
Not really. This is just the beginning. Because you would run out of ideas yet you still want to write, thus destroying a good book.
So as a writer, what should you look out for?
1. Your goal.
- What do you want to write and why did you write?
- What do you want to bring out?
2. Your start.
- Plot. Hey I have a great idea, how about I go this this this?
- Make a long-term draft. Like where you want to start and how does your story ends. Works great on arc.
- Chapter draft. What do I want to bring out in this chapter?
3. Edit.
- Hmm, looks wordy, maybe I will just slice this away.
- Hmm, this part looks stupid, maybe I need to make it more logical.
4. Proofread.
- Logic checks.
- Spelling and grammar. (Whether your English is your first language, learn how to spell properly. English is my 2nd language, and I know how to speak 5 language. Don't make excuses.)
- Tense Consistency.
- Structural edits.
5. Collect feedback.
- The harshest feedback always come from your readers. As an author, don't just scold them and prove you are right. Read, listen. Because if the only person who knows how to appreciate your own work is yourself, then you are a failure as an author.
- Understanding where you sucked. Find your weakness.
6. Rewrite and edit after gathering feedback.
7. Repeat step 1 till 6.
8. So when are you good to go?
- 5 stars? Nah.
- Oh this is good I like it? Nah.
9. You are good to go when you saw this.
- When are you going to release the new chapter?
- Next chapter when?
- More!!!
Before shameless promoting my work, I think I will talk about my story type.
What I wrote is more to an Original English Light Novel (OELN).
Yes, so what does this contain?
1. Dialogue-Heave Prose. Which means 60~70% are dialogues.
2. The 'Hooks' in every chapter. I had to put something in to make you think, 'Why?'.
3. Simple vocabulary. If I wrote like an engineer's guide to fry a meat, you would probably report me.
4. The Character and his personality. Who the heck wants an overpowered character? That's boring.
5. Illustration. I do my own design. But, I'm honestly not suited to be an illustrator, even though I know how to illustrate. I don't have any ideas how does my character look like and my characters don't look cute, pretty, or handsome.
6. World Building. Ahhhhh, the thing that I was obsessed with. I wanted everything, but it would be a chaos. Yet I would still do my best.
7. Unique Selling Point: Fantasy and Sci-fi. A rare combination, but I don't have something convenient called truth serum.
8. Total word count: One chapter have at least 1.5k~2k. One arc has 70k. And I currently have 4 arcs, which is quite surprising, and still not 10% of my work.
So what makes me write this story?
- Something about a kid who wanted to see the world. I want to understand why the world is like this.
- Realising that the world has many fun things.
- Realising that the world has many sad things.
- Such is life.
So why do you want to write a story?
-
-
- Hobby
-
What is my story about?
- Fate
Updates? You always disappear and go hiatus. Then keep popping back to say I'm doing better than last time!
- I think I nailed it this time.
- This is the last time. I'm tired.
- Fine, just let me schedule it.
Here's my reflection after writing for so long:
I always find myself looking back to the previous story and rewrite them, just to realise that my story is still going around in circles. Gotten tired. It's time to make some progress.
So regardless it's good or bad, this will be the last time I would do a big rewrite. I will still make edits if you still manage to find some grammar mistakes, which I believed, I still have 'em.
As usual, I need and appreciate your feedback. If I suck then I would need to go
- Synopsis
- Chapter number
- Chapter title
Not good.
https://www.scribblehub.com/series/211234/the-impossible-fate-that-leads-to-a-god-of-a-new-world/